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The Petey Greene Program has been widely recognized for its innovative work in the field of prison education.
After Controversial Cuts, Nonprofits to Return to Rikers Island, Queens Daily Eagle [2/2/26]
NYC Partnering with Community-Based Organizations to Deliver New Services to People in Custody, NYC Department of Corrections press release [2/2/26]
Unlocking Math—in Jail, Maryland Today [06/16/23]
Villanova and Mellon Foundation Partnership to Expand Higher Education Prison Programs, MyChesCo [06/13/23]
Students tutor incarcerated youth in D.C. region after relaunching GW chapter this year, The GW Hatchet [04/24/23]
Recent Engineering graduate Maya Garg discusses her experience as a volunteer tutor for incarcerated people in Allegheny County, Carnegie Mellon University Human Connections [11/20/22]
Strom Thurmond blocked me from renting a home, The Washington Post [8/17/22]
Petey Greene Program Implemented at Eastern University: A look inside the important work that Eastern students and faculty will accomplish through the Petey Greene Program, The Waltonian [12/09/2021]
New Jersey Department of Corrections Enters into Agreement with Reentry Service Providers Increasing Access to Reintegration Service Across the State, New Jersey Department of Corrections [12/1/2021]
#FocusRacialJustice: The Power of Platforms According to Montclair State Women’s Soccer, The Montclarion [05/01/2021]
Petey Greene Program event educates students on carceral education, The Signal [10/25/2020]
Princeton’s Petey Greene Program, Princeton Magazine [09/26/2019]
Student tutor inmates for life after incarceration, The Temple News [09/10/2019]
Reentry Month Member Profile: The Petey Greene Program, The Philadelphia Reentry Coalition [06/24/2019]
Nonprofits: Providing Education For People During And After Incarceration, Philadelphia Neighborhoods [05/16/2018]
A transformative encounter, Believe Earth [05/10/2018]
Tutors Behind Bars, Princeton Alumni Weekly [03/07/2018]
Origins of Petey Greene: A program that creates new beginnings, The Daily Princetonian [10/11/2017]
A New Hope for the Incarcerated, The Blair Academy Oracle [10/10/2017]
Students tutor incarcerated people in area prisons to help 'underserved population', The GW Hatchet [10/02/2017]
Petey Greene: Education as Rehabilitation, Washington Square News [10/02/2017]
Hitting the Books Behind Bars, The Wall Street Journal [06/21/2017]
Students Go To Prison, Inmates Get an Education, Wired New Jersey [05/31/2017]
Petey Greene Program gives the ’genuine first chance’, The Temple News [03/21/2017]
Why I Send College Students to Prison, USA Today [12/06/2016]